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Two ATM Company Executives Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Multi-Million-Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme

The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that two executives of a company that operated a network of automated teller machines were sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Art...

UN agencies call for swift international action to prevent repeat of world food crisis

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Food on sale at a market in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Employment: EU Globalisation Fund supported over 21000 workers in 2011

More than 21 000 workers dismissed due to the economic crisis and the effects of globalisation were helped to find new job opportunities by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in 2011, according to a report ad...

Disappearing Herds Threaten Culture, Livelihoods in Uganda

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A boy tends goats in Karamoja, Uganda, where traditional animal herding is giving way to agriculture...